This is a short piece I wrote when I wasn’t in a good mood… On the other hand, it suits the general October spookiness quite well. You’ve been warned. Today I will be executed for my crimes. The guard banged his truncheon on the bars, and I obediently kneeled at the back of the cell. His mate pushed […]
Horror
Book Review: Cthulhu Armageddon, by CT Phipps
I like genre mash-ups, have loved Lovecraft’s work (and have role-played the old Call of Cthulhu RPG), and although I don’t read much dystopian works these days I was in the mood for something darker. Cthulhu Armageddon was it. What to expect The author notes in the preface that he set out to mix Mad […]
Kindle Unlimited
You are here because, in one form or another, you like books. And, unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve heard about Amazon. One of Amazon’s ways of getting people who read to read even more, is through their Kindle Unlimited program. This allows you, the reader, to read as many books as […]
Brain-to-Books CyberCon 2017!
This post is part of the Brain-To-Books CyberCon 2017 Fantasy Blog Hop! Welcome to the Historical-Fantasy-Mystery world of Egretia! Allow me to first introduce my stories and then myself. Stick with me, and there’s a giveaway for you 🙂 Murder In Absentia is a story of Togas, Daggers, and Magic. It draws on my three […]
Book Review: Salt in the Blood, by N. B. Williams
I’ve met Nikki Williams through Twitter. We’ve exchanged a few messages, discussed books and publishing, and became friends. I knew she was writing a horror novella, and was curious about it. She was kind enough to give me an ARC copy late last year. Now that she has finally published it, I was happy to […]
Burnt
The events in this story take place about three years before those of Murder In Absentia. Felix is hired to deal with some strange sanitation issues. I pushed the burnt body with the toe of my boot. The charred remains shifted, slid, turned over. The face was still barely recognisable, as the burns were from […]